Shane Long

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Personal information
Shane Long
Date of birth	January 22, 1987 (age 20)
Place of birth	Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	24
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005–	Cork City Reading	02 (0) 27 (5)
National team²
2005–2006 2007–	Republic of Ireland U19 Republic of Ireland	04 (0) 02 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Shane Long (born 22 January 1987 in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Ireland^[1]) is a professional footballer with Reading. Before concentrating on football, Long was an Under-18 hurler with Tipperary.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Long started his football career with Tipperary club St Michael's in 2000, joining Cork City with a scholarship on 1 July 2004. Long was called to the first team squad for the 2005 season when manager Pat Dolan was replaced by Damien Richardson, and the new manager awarded him his senior debut in the Setanta Sports Cup in March 2005. However, following Dolan's consultation with his brother, Reading coach Eamon Dolan, Reading made bids for both Long and, controversially, Kevin Doyle. Cork were forced to sell Doyle due to a contract clause, but the circumstances surrounding Long's transfer were not disclosed. Shane Long signed as a Reading player on 7 June 2005.

In Reading's Championship-winning 2005-06 campaign, he scored three goals in 10 substitute appearances, making his first league start on 17 April 2006 in the 3-1 home victory against Stoke City. He also started all of the games in Reading's FA Cup campaign and scored one goal.^[2]

[edit] International career

Long's form for Reading in the 2005-06 season earned him four Republic of Ireland U19 caps.^[3]

Due to injuries to his Reading team mate Kevin Doyle and Sunderland's Stephen Elliott,^[4] he earned his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland in their 2-1 win away to San Marino on 7 February 2007.^[5]

[edit] References

^ "Treated like Royalty", The Sunday Times, 2006-04-16. Retrieved on 2006-05-17.
^ Reading Club stats. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2006-06-03.
^ Republic of Ireland: Under 19 - Squad Profile. Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved on 2006-06-03.
^ "Long ready to make Republic debut", BBC Sport, 2007-02-06. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
^ "San Marino 1-2 Rep of Ireland", BBC Sport, 2007-02-07. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.

[edit] External links

Shane Long profile at readingfc.co.uk
Shane Long career stats at Soccerbase

Reading F.C. - Current Squad
1 Hahnemann \| 2 Murty \| 3 Shorey \| 4 Sidwell \| 5 Sonko \| 6 Gunnarsson \| 7 Little \| 8 Lita \| 9 Doyle \| 10 Hunt \| 11 Oster \| 12 Kitson \| 14 Halls \| 15 Harper \| 16 Ingimarsson \| 17 Convey \| 19 Seol \| 22 Bikey \| 23 de la Cruz \| 24 Long \| 25 Bennett \| 27 Brown \| 28 Halford \| 29 Duberry \| 32 Federici \| 47 Máté \| –– Andersen \| –– Bozanic \| Manager: Coppell

Persondata
NAME	Long, Shane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	22 January 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH